Driver killed after tree fell on car during downpour
By Sona Remesh | Posted: 20 July 2010 1548 hrs
SINGAPORE: A driver was killed when a tree fell and hit the car he was in during heavy rain Tuesday afternoon at the junction of Thomson Hill Drive and Yio Chu Kang Rd.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the victim was pronounced dead when its personnel arrived at about 2.50pm.
The SCDF said the car was badly damaged.
Rescuers took about 20 minutes to remove his body, using two hydraulic spreader cutters. - CNA/jm
Wrong guy to die...